Digital Footprints for a Project Management Career

Beware of your Digital Footprints for a Project Management Career:

Are you familiar with the term “Digital Footprints”? If not they are becoming critical for career development, even if you are looking to build your career in Project Management. The growth of Project Management has been steadily increasing in the present scenario. As more and more companies look to optimize their limited resources in a world of cut throat competition, Project Management ensures a better return on investment. This is why the importance of Project Management as a career option would continue to grow as more companies look for Project Management Professionals. However if you are planning to work for big corporations, then you must first get recruited by them. So you if you must adopt ways and means as to how the modern recruiters are recruiting. We at Sixth Dimension Learning being one of the leading Trainers of PMP and CCBA Certification in Missigua, Canada, will try to make you aware of the importance of your Digital Footprints for your recruitment, through this blog.

Growing Importance of Digital Footprints in Recruitment:

Digital Footprints refers to the trails and traces; you leave behind when you are accessing the internet. We are often unaware of the fact that a lot of data is left behind when we are online. This may be information left behind during forum registrations, or through emails and attachments, and our interactions which we do on the Social Media networks like Facebook, Twitter or Linked in. So as a professional you need to be careful what vital information is left behind which recruiters might pick up and consider while recruitment. With technology now ruling the roost, traditional bio-datas are now steadily making way for Linked-In Profiles and other professional digital means. This is why some companies are now encouraging candidates to send their Linked In Profiles instead of a resumes and especially against walking into their office with one. This is more so in case of fresh start ups like Ola, Snap deal or Practo.

Companies are now developing algorithms to help them recruit better based on the digital foot prints left behind. The data left behind by the user on the internet leaves vital clues to the recruiter providing vital information of the candidate, which enables them to assess them beforehand and thus helping them to take better decisions. In fact there have been instances where many candidates were selected, where in the decision was partly influenced by the twitter-following of the candidates.

However the platform too plays an important role when it comes to recruitment, which is why much weight age is given to a more professional network like Linked In and the profiles there on over  Face book or Twitter which are more of social based networks. Other platforms like Overflow,GitHub and Quara too could be explored for the purpose. Perusing the information reveals first hand impression about the candidate depending on the interests and contributions. In fact the companies do not shy away even from going and checking into the Facebook Profile to find out whether this candidate is a “Techie at heart”, etc.  They argue that you need to be very sure regarding the credentials of a candidate you are to bring aboard for the long term.

So whatever it be now with the recruitment process relying more on digital inputs you need to ensure that you have a proper Linked in Profile and you need to be careful about what you follow and review on the social media networks for a successful career in Project Management.